Graham Potter was willing to work alongside both Tim Steidten and Kyle Macaulay on recruitment at West Ham until the club “made the decision” to remove Steidten from his post.
Midway through the January transfer window, Potter convinced West Ham to pay the considerable compensation fee needed to relieve Kyle Macaulay of his role at Chelsea in order to hire him as the Hammers’ new head of recruitment.
Potter was asked on Thursday whether he had always wanted Macaulay’s arrival at West Ham to bring an end to Steidten’s own time at the club.
Steidten left West Ham as the club’s technical director at the end of the January transfer window following a souring of the relationship between himself and the club’s board.
Steidten originally joined West Ham in the summer of 2023 and his resumé featured successful stints in player recruitment roles with Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen.
